>> they heard 3 shots. >> all i could think was if i stand up he's going to shoot me. >> it was lick explosion or something. everyone started panicking after that. >> stuck here for and then i think i tried to like cover myself as i fell to the ground. i have a lot of shrapnel in this arm. >>reporter: dark knight in aurora, colorado. late details about the senseless theater massacre. good evening we have a lieutenant to bring you. let's go state to aurora. >> victim family now finding out if the loved ones are among

the dead. and we are learning more about the alleged shatter as well. the fact that he purchased 4 guns and 6000 rounds of ammunition leading up to this attack. >> got shot. >>reporter: they staggered out on their own or they were carried away. blood streaming from bullet wounds. >> my god. >>reporter: inside a horror scene. carnage started suddenly during a midnight screening of new batman movie. police believe 24-year-old james holms calmly watched the movie along with everybody else. then got up and used the cell phone. went outside to get his weapons and gear up with bullet proof vest. ballistic helmet. gas mask and gear covering his throat legs and tactical glove gloves. holms went back inside to the front of the theater and rurld 2 green cap sisters. >> then i saw plumes of smoke. >> then he shot up in the air and everybody started to to pap ick at that point. he came down with the gun in my face 3 feet away from me at that poin point. i was terrified so i just jumped forward that the aisle and kind of buried myself

in there and tried to just hide myself. ended up shooting behind me. at that moment i remember thinking i'm not going to die in here. me and my kids are not going to die in hereism it was just chaos. >>reporter: marched up and down the aisle using arsenal. shotgun block pistols and only stopped to reload. minutes later police captured him in the parking lot. but still not over. police using robot trying to get in the suspect apartment. he warned officers that it was boob trapped and it is. with trip wires and containers of flammable lickd with. >> it is a very vexing problem how to enter that apartment sale. i have never seen anything like what the pictures show us is in there. >>reporter: just horrifying experience. on sunday the victims family and friend will be holding a vij. we also learn investigators returning to holms apartment tomorrow to

detonate the series of booby-traps they located. this is abc news. new become to you. >> thank you. >> james holms has some root in central, california. he is the grandson of decorated military veteran who taught at the prison teen us york school in monterey. holms uncle lives from carmel. last nature holms apparently came ready for war. police say in the last 60 days holms bought 4 guns from local gun shops and 6000 rounds of ammunition off the internet. one of the weapons was a smith and wesson assault rifle like this one that we can show you here. it had a special magazine that could fire as many as 100 bullet in minutes. the bullet have such high rate of speed they can travel through 2 or 3 people at a time apparently. he also had a 12 gauge shotgun as you have heard and 240 caliber pistols. sources tell us that holms is a classic lone wolf time. he has no ties to terrorist organizations and no criminal record. and that's important because it means he could pass

every background check. he both bought the guns legally at 3 local sporting good stores. right now james holms this gun man is in a county key tension facility he will appear in court on monday morning. police say his apartment is a cat creates of trip wires and booby-trap. brian ross tonight with who the man is. >> he moved to colorado last fall. came across as quiet and easy going college student. but it was a different jim holms who showed up at the san diego pawn shop over the last few months asking for tips about firing a gun. >> i medley recognized him when i saw his picture. i was my first words out of my mouth was oh, my god he looks very familiar. >>reporter: last nature neighbors at his aurora apartment building heard loud techno music blaring around midnight from the room. recorded sounds of gunshots. >> neglect that i almost opened the door to his apartment and then i was banging on the door and thank god this he wasn't there. >> then holms apparently

attempted to make himself into the joker character of the batman series. according to briefing given to the new york police commissioner. >> we had his hair painted rechltd he said he was the joker. >>reporter: it was over the last if you months that holms who was phi beta kappa in college saw his academic and career dreams collapse as he began to withdraw from p hd program in neuroscience at the university of colorado oychlt these events usually come on after somebody thinks about and plans for these attacks. >>reporter: this is holms just 6 years ago. called jimmy. clean cut. 5 foot 11. high school senior in sdaichlingt he had been a member of the junior varsity soccer team. >> he was just quiet. he was just quiet. >>reporter: when his mother psychiatric nurse first contacted at san diego home this morning she did not seem surprised that something had happened. you have got the right person she told abc news. i have got to call the police. today his father robert left the family home in san diego

under police protection to fly to denver. in colorado, police continue to search holms apartment which was described as elaborately booby-trapped with chemicals and incidiary devices. >> brian ross reporting. now police said he was so calm because had he taken the pain killer vicodin. intense situation at the apartment. it's booby-trap full of trip wires containers of flammable liquid and large improper priced explosive device. situation so dangerous authorities have camera scanning the room. one official told us that holms is some kind of mad scientist. >> that room about were designed to explode if police had raced through the door. officials believe it was part of a plan to massacre police if he had been killed at the scen scene. it could take days before that unit is secured. whether he will there are

incredible moving tales of survival coming out about all this. how one row, one seat in fact meant the difference between life and death. 30 people still in the hospital. 11 are in critical condition tonight. chris cuomo spent the day with some survivors and families waiting desperately for word about their loved one ones. >> today friends family race to gateway high school desperate for news that loved ones survived. terrified of the unknown. >> alex sullivan. please call so we can find him. all right? >>reporter: so far the name of one victim jessica gowan aspiring sports reporter who survived another shooting in toronto last month. blogged about the preciousness of life. >> i was reminded we don't know when or where our time on earth will ep. with when or where we breathe our last breath. survivors try to make sense of the terror. >> no feeling no word no drawn

detail of what i can give to you make you understand how we felt. >> the fear on their skin. >>reporter: saved by people at their best. he took a bullet to the leg helping rescue a mother and her 2 young children. >> do you think about where that bullet would have gone if your body wasn't where it was. >> in the position i was at it could have kit her probably in her hip. i was crawling baby stechlts littlest one baby girl probably could have got hit in the head. >> hero. how do you feel about that word being put on you for what happened in that theet center. >> i don't want to say hero necessarily. i was in the wrong place at the right time right time that's all i can say. >> wrong place at the wrong time you wound occupy getting shot. >> wrong place because i had to deal with the situation. there

the right time because i was there to help the family. >> most heroic act may for giveness he found for the man who shot him and so many other others. >> i don't hate the man who shot me. for giveness is more bold than hate revenge or redemption. >>reporter: chris cuomo reporting from colorado. now among those having trouble dealing with the shooting, are the first responders. police chef of aurora asked about that short time ago. listen. >> if our cops wept through a lot. as i told enthusiastic morning they rushed people out of that theater into police cars heard some compelling stories. >> chief says when things slow down getting officers the help they need to cope with what they saw will be a priority.

we have more we want to bring you on the shooting in colorado. as we continue here tonight. >> yes. pointed a gun. >> yes. at me. >>reporter: later minute by minute of the colorado shooting from tweet of excited movie goers before the film began and chaos and arrest that followed. >> plus 4 bay area cities. 4 bay area police departments. all dealing with a powdery substance tonight. live with the latest on that. >> after months of being separated by court orders, suspended sheriff mirkarimi and his wife are reunited but not his wife are reunited but not for long >> i'm spencer in the accu-weather forecast center. we have a taste of hot weather coming our way for the wean. show you where in my accu-weather forecast coming upup [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: dinner...is...served. tonight, take it easy and enjoy your favorite soup, salad and hot, hearty sub.

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>> fbi is investigating the discovery of white powder found today in envelopes delivered by mail to police headquarters in hayward, san leandro, berkeley and union city. union city is where thomas is live tonight with the very latest on this strange and developing story. thomas. >> indeed. the members of those 4 police departments now breathing a little bit easier tonight. one officer told us that whoever sent these envelopes now has the attention of federal investigators.

. discovery of the envelope with white powder began at the hayward police department nip:45 this morning. alameda county fire department hazmat team called out and partial evacuation of the building investigators checked the content. clerk opening mail discovered envelope containing white powder and called the alert. turned out to be flour. union city police commander found a similar envelope after getting a heads up from the alameda county fire chief. >> i was able to fine the letter move to the side call the fire department and at that point we just had the fire department come hear and take a look at it but the lets still sealed. >>reporter: fbi has the letter. city hall is dark every other friday due to bump it cut sought mail still sitting in a box whether the commander removed it. half hour earlier san leandro police department employee opened an envelope containing white powder. after response and partial evacuation the powder here was also determine to be flour. berkeley police department was also partially evacuated after clerk opened

envelope and white powder spilled ou. >> we evacuated the area lower floor of the public safety building. we had other parts of the be shelter in place. we had turned off our heating and ventilation air conditioning units to the building. >>reporter: berkeley deputy fire chief says the powder was vegetable base. none of the envelope contain ore any other information. >> just addressed to the police department. >> yes. no return address. none of that stuff. p. >>reporter: commander says he sent out alert to all bay area police departments with photo of the envelope just in case. fbi says it's investigating and says sending a hoax letter is a serious crime. abc 7 news. >> thank you thomas. >> sacramento man arrested for setting that big fire in placer county. california department of forestry and fire protection says 28-year-old brian mason was taken 52 custody today. he is being held on suspicion of

recklessly setting fire to forget land and property. fire has burned moren 2600 acres near forest hill in placer county and destroyed at least one home. crew expect to have it fully contained tomorrow. >> suspended san francisco sheriff mirkarimi and his wife reunited. lopez had her fingers crossed q as you see here as she walked in the hall of justice this morning. mirkarimi was just minutes behind her. lopez testified before a judge that she would feel safe for herself and her son theo should a seven month stay away order be lifte lifted. moments later it was. fichlt best is that he will have his time together. that's the best. >>reporter: mirkarimi still may last his job as sheriff. he was suspended for pleading guilty to misdemeanor domestic violence charge. lopez testified last night at the ethic commission hearing and completely loyal to her husban

husband. >> weekend is upon us and so is the heat. >> it is a hot one. right on through the weekend. into the early part of next week. live view from our high definition roof top camera. clear sky look back at coyote tower. we have had clear sky from his coast to inland all day and we have that condition at this moment. take a look at leif doppler 7 hd. you can see that there are clouds offshore but not up against the coast line. not yet. some low clouds of fog may return to the coast line but not very prominent. current temperature reading 59 degrees in san francisco. 70 across the bay in oakland. 78 at concord. 81 at this hour at antioch. so much of that daytime heat still locked into our inland area. fog returns to the coast tonight. hot inland this weekend but much cooler by midweek next week. now we have a big hot air mass moving west ward. now sliding west ward i should say across the western half of the countr country. a lot of the hot air pushing that california and in

the bay year. overnight tonight fog returns to the coast. not push very far across the bay. may locally to few spots. low pressure on the mild side mainly mid upper 50' 50's. low of only 60 at antioch so these our warm spot overnight. starting the forecast animation 5:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. not much fog to burn away but what is there will burp back quickly. sunny sky from coast to inland again tomorrow with high pressure ranging from mid 60's at the coast to 70's and 80's right around the bay. upper 90's to almost 100 in the warmest inland location so let's focus on the south bay first. we see sunny skies tomorrow. high in the mid upper 80's. 86 at san jose. 87 campbell. 90 at los gatos perhaps peninsula high of 79 at san mateo o. 82 at palo alto. 83 at mount view. on the coast 64 at half moon bay. 65 at pacifica. downtown san francisco almost 70 degrees tomorrow. 69 will be the high. 65 sunset district. up in the north bay lots of wide spread warmth for high in the mid 90'

90's. clover dale santa rosa clear lake 92 at calistoga. 90 at nap a.94 novato. east bay high mainly in the 80's. 80 at oakland. 82 at hayward. 84 in fremont. castro valley inland east bay will be one of our hottest region with high in the upper 90's. up to 98 fairfield antioch and livermore. 99 maybe 100 at brentwood and monterey bay look for high in the 70's near the bay and low to mid 90's inland at morgan hill and gilroy. here's accu-weather 7 day forecast. hot weather will last for about three days. we see 90's tomorrow inland and then mid 90's on sunday monday. low 80's around the bay during that period of time and low mid 60's on the coast. but all area cool down on tuesday and wednesday and then for the remainder next week we see high about 10 to 15 degrees lower than the high we see tomorrow especially inland location. it's a pleasant week next week. probably welcome that break

for the weekend heat. >> thanks very much expense near head of the calf park department quits her job. find out why coming up. >> plus. p.m. hi drive right center field. it's out of her here. >> and great moment for the giants tonight. did tim fish it off? it off? find out a litwow,bit later

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paramedic intern for american medical response suffered minor injuries. ambulance was not transporting any patients. 2 people led police on hay speed chase from oakland across the bay bridge this afternoon. oakland police followed them as they drove at speeds up to 85 miles an hour. you can see there black suv we have highlighted it weaving through traffic on the bay bridge. recklessly. eventually crashed at the fremont street exit in san francisco. at least 3 vehicles involve. exit was shut down and 5 ambulances sent to the scene. sky 7 hd overhead there as well as police arrested these 2 men behind the wheel. they suffered my inner injuries. at least 3 other people hurt in the crash. police say the men they were chasing are wanted for robbery and burglary. the head of the state park department is suddenly out of a job tonight following the discovery of an unreported 54 million dollars in department

funds. ruth coleman resigned today after l auditors announced the irregularity and said it dated back to at least 12 years. former under secretary of state says if law make hers known about this money, there would not have been any need for 2010 ballot measure asking voters to increase park funding. >> they had money back then. this occurred over 12-year period. yet they were obviously advocating for proposition 21. so none of this makes sense. >>reporter: prop 2001 did failed. coleman didn't offer an explanation for the unreported funds. attorney general office of course has launch add full investigation. all right. we are going to go back to colorado. coming up next minute by minute of the colorado shooting from excited movie goers chaos and arrest that followed. what's it like to be shot and survive? south bay man talks about his ordeal during one of the bay

area worst mass shootings. fichlt in the wake of what happened there, the new debate over longstanding issue. gun control. we take a look. >> is batman now getting a black eye? fans of the comic book series weigh in on the tragedy. stay with us. 7 news

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>> live picture tonight of the capitol in washington. american flag flying at half staff in honor of the victims of the massacre in aurora, colorado. flags are also at half staff at the white house this evening. live picture. president obama says today it is a tame for prayer and

reflection. so once again it seems another safe place or place we have all thought was safe shatter erred by lone gunman with assault weapon. david muir with whether happened minute by minute. >> this is crazy. >>reporter: these are the terrifying moments after chaos up folded minutes into the batman movie. >> oh, my god. >>reporter: movie goers thought the smoke in the theater were part of the premier. all began as night with 4 sold out theater in aurora, colorado. dressed from character in the film. going to be a good night. 2 24-year-old james holms the suspect also purchased his ticket. it was his version of the joker. 5 minutes past midnight inside the sold out theater holms lights go down movie begins. suspect appeared

to be getting a phone call. now it's believed that was an excuse for him to get up from the seat and leave for one of the emergency exits. as the movie continues outside authorities believe he was gearing up. dressed in black wearing a vest helmet gas mask gear covering throat legs and xwlovs toovlt he's heard saying i am the joker. they say he hurled 2 green canister. >> i heard the sound of metdal canister clinking around and then i saw plume of smoke. >>reporter: this smoke carrying some sort of irritant spread. witness say it smelled like pepper spray and so many were tricked into thinking it was simply a special effect stunt all part of the movie until standing in front of the screen he opens fire. jennifer told us she was face-to-face with the gun man. >> pointed a gun at you. >> yes at me. anybody else in the row near me.what did you d do. >> at that point i said i got to movement i literally just dove as far as could i dive

into the ground in the aisle. >>reporter: when she ducked she says the suspect started firring rate on the row behind her. >> behind me dead bodies behind me i could hear moneying and i i don't knowing and screams and just cry. little kid. moms. lead with a baby in there. this got shot at. it was just terrifying. >>reporter: for those trying to hide on the floor burning hot shell casings landing them them showering over them running to the exit he notices. witness say the suspect begins shooting at people trying to get out. when he runs out of ammunition, silence. >> just sitting there waiting like waiting duck and got really silent because he was reloading his gun then you hear the foot steps closer to you. >>reporter: screaming in the room. >> yes. exactly. as i look up there was bodies just laying on the stairs. >>reporter: all the while suspect reloading. gunman beginning his assault all over again. >> people shot in the leg. the arm. the thighs. back. it was just terrible. >>reporter: staggering 71

people shot. among the injured 4 month old baby who survived. 12:39 first of hundreds of calls to 911. >> getting ready to come in on the first. >>reporter: within minute and a half police on the scene. 200 officers in all descending on the theater. police enter with nrsh lights shouting put your arm up to movie goers trying to get out loading into squad car racing them to the hospital. >> back full of blood i don't know if it matters or not. >> full of what. >> blood. excessively back seat are full of biohazard material. >>reporter: 12:45 reports suspect is spotted. near his white hyundai parked behind theater. there's a gun on top of the car. he surrenders. without a fight. >> david muir reporting from colorado. so what is it like to be shot and what goes through your mine as you wait for help. it's an ordeal san jose man remembers clearly after the 1988 massacre at the esl plant in sunny vaichlt he

survived. so did the emotional scars of this day. story now from 7 news reporter david louie. >> i was face down on the floor and my glasses were filling full of blood. i thought i'm the only one in this room that blood has to be from me. i have been shot. >>reporter: greg to the hit in the finger and face by buck shot 24 years ago when richard farley burst into defense contractor esl in sunnyvale. 7 people were killed. scott was one of 4 wounded. as he lay on the floor of his office, is what went through his mind for about a minute. >> you have been shot you are bleeding profuse limit probably going to bleed to death. >>reporter: he doesn't recall any pain. even when pellet lodged in the neck. however it was a long wait over an hour before he could leave because the gunman was in the adjacent office when he could escape his brain gave his eye what is some would call x-ray vision. >> everything from the moment i opened the door to the office and until i was at the bottom

of the stairs was black and white. i knew i could not step anywhere if it was black. i learned later on that i had actually stepped over 2 bodies of co-workers on the way out. >>reporter: once in the care of paramedic and later at the hospital, scott says his brain played trick was his sense of time. >> i remember lacking at the clock and thinking that it was taking the secondhand a long time to go around the clock. >>reporter: ceramic cup knicked by the same buck shot that hit him is the rare reminder of the massacre. his mind still remembers his brush with death. modified his behavior. >> can't go into a room any more without checking out 2 exits. you go into a conference room and want to be seated next to one of the doors of. it changes everything about your life. >>reporter: scott says he keeps the name of number of psychiatrist in his wall lechlt he has received counseling and

says he's doing fine. but not all survivors are of shootings fare as well. scott says some of his co-survivors have crawled no a shell. in sunny wail abc 7 news. >> about theater massacre in colonel republican and democrat 0prompting more calls for tighter gun control in california. even though this state has reputation for having the toughest gun law in the country. annette is in sacramento with that part of the story. >>reporter: pwraevd campaign to prevent gun violence rank california as having the strongest gun control law ins the country. while the state has had the assault weapon ban in place for nearly 2 decades brady campaign says the aurora shooting highlights the need for tighter restriction. >> we do have an assault weapon ban but how you define what an assault weapon is, is a little tricky and manufacturers have figured out how to get around that. >>reporter: even before the theater massacre state

lawmakers had been working on several gun patrol proposal including one that require the reporting of lost or stolen firearms. open care of unloaded long gun and unloaded care of unloaded handgun already prohibited and make it harder to reload the bullets. >> we have a bullet button. >>reporter: store owner showed us a weapon like the one used in colorado. if the suspect had bought the rifle in california it would have come with a bullet button that slows down the time to reload. 10 bullets is the limit magazine t.these are same california need more gun law. >> compared to the rest of the nation they are a little bit over kill. right now we have enough law in place to adequately keep anything from owning a gun that shouldn't. with the exception of on the street purchase that we have no control over. >>reporter: tragedy spark legislation. >> we should all be asking our

legislators our members of progress to strengthen gun lay so it doesn't happen issue. >> it's a person issue not a gun issue. >>reporter: congress didn't act when one of its own giffor giffords was shot. so california wants tougher gun law, it there's do it, itself. in sacramento, abc 7 news. christopher nolan the direct tr of the dark knight reacting to the somewhating and tonight he says the shared experience of watching a story unfold on screen is an important and joyful past time. the idea that someone would violent that innocent and hopeful place such unbear bring savage way is definite stating. >> meanwhile of course vl human lives lost and those injured far more important than anything else but the questions are emerging this evening about what this tragedy will do to the batman brand. l wayne explores that aspect of the story. >> i think it's crap what it is. >>reporter: would better to analyze possible link between comic book icon and real life

tragedy than the people who know batman best fans and patron. >> we have batman starting over here. then someone featured stories. >>reporter: to appreciate the depth and breadth of the batman franchise economic empire nroobing further than lee comic in san mateo where batman was so popular in anticipation of this new picture that some of his items sold out. mark manages this store. he says any connection between the story and the shoot little remain circumstantial. >> yes you can always make a loose connection saying because he used tear gas and that was used in comic it's comic related attack but they are used when you try to distract or take somebody out. >>reporter: in san mateo theaters today some people stayed away. >> i'll not take my children to go see batman. we were. >>reporter: the movie played to mostly packed house on 3 screen. zack hadn't even heard of the tragedy until we told him. >> these the felt weaken at

certain point in their life. that may the only correlation i can see with this person that may have killed lots of people sounds like. >>reporter: thought that resonated back at lee comic where customers pointed out how with batman any violence remains fictional. at least until we learn otherwise. >> somebody had a break with reality and had access to things that most people shouldn't. >>reporter: despite the tragedy is this movie and showing go on we received no response from security here at the roll theet bears whether they had added any there were some police going by here a few moments ago. we asked if they had been stepped up. they said no this was normal friday night security. but another chain amc tweeted today and this is quote movie goers will not be able to wear face covering mask or carry fake weapons or wear costumes that make others feel uncomfortable. we have seen none of that here today either. san mateo wayne, abc 7 news. >> now stay with us for

continuing coverage of the colorado theater shooting. we have the latest development on behind at 7 news.co-also get any breaking news update at twitter at abc 7 bay area and facebook page slash abc 7 news. we'll also continue to follow this story on our next broadcast at 11:00 o'clock over on channel 7. but for the moment we manufacture on. helping thousands of foster kids in the bay area. 7 news is a luther the volunteers making a difference in their lives. that story is

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foster care and tonight lee ann is a luther those who are making a difference. >>reporter: a foster child 10 years old when lori weber came into her life. that young girl was hungry for love and suppor support. >> no one was going to her award ceremony at school. she was a wonderful student. >>reporter: that was nine years ago. the 2 are still friends. >> she was there for me if i needed anything. always there for me and she helped me just be my escape from my he have day hardship. >>reporter: weber is a court appointed special advocate. one of 4 71 volunteers in santa clara county working with about 5 80 foster kid. these advocate are one of the few stable people in a child's lif life. child advocate of silicon valley non-profit runs the program. >> social workers change. attorneys change. foster parents change. schools change. teachers change. there's no sense of continue newt for the child.

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>> scientist found a massive aquifer in northern africa.

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>> coming up tonight at 11:00. tipping coverage of the tragedy in colorado. amma is in aurora and latest development live for us. >> move anight in the bay area. shootings not slowed ticket sales measurably but people are talking about it. join us as the stories and more coming up at 11:00 on 7 news. but now on to sports. nice distraction on this day. great moment at the british open. >> preview. tom watson he needed to have almost a miracle at the end? you will see. rank 29 in the world. entered the british open here with 150-1 odds of winning. his odds 3 to 1. rib

injury kept him out but now healthy and motivated to prove. scott tied the course record with 6 underscore yesterday. same today. 6 from 45 feet. bottom up. 5 bird knee 7 hole stretch. l 2 day total 130 equals 36 hole open record. mickelson forced to go right in the pwuchbinger. missed the could i. rory pwuchbinger eats him up. make the cut but 12 back. scott follows first round 64 with 3 under 67 rolling in the long birdie put putt. 1 back at 9 under. watson comes to 18. needs to drop a 35 foot birdie to make the cut. any doubt sf no. that brings to us tiger woods. 5 back pushed approach in the bunker on 18. staring at boge bogey. i don't think so. up and in for the bird. sec straight 67 for tiger. hits

the weekend. 4 off the pace play along relative unknown olson to. today belonged to man from tennessee. 10 under par. >> i have a concussion on. i don't have to play the best golf pretty good golf but not the best of anybody. that being said i try to dot exact same things i did the fwoyrs day and hit a bunch of green and make a bunch of putt try to extend my lead as far as possible. >> should be interesting. comedy of error best way to characterizes tim start in philadelphia tonight. many wondering where his head has been most of the season. perfect example 3rd inning. grounder back to the mound. yes. all right. throw is out. where are you going. 2 out not 3. phillies fan let him hear bit. he laughs it off. here's comedy error. p-1 nothing phillies. with hector on the dl white side started behind the plate and came through open the fifth. hold

the tie at one. that celts it. gets him swinging in the sixt sixth. 7th inning. crushing lately. make it 6-1 second career grand slam. rbi king single in the 8. 5 rbi for crawford. a's yankees sweet lid. i don't know much but i do know you don't have the wit about you if you think you can test josh, mark. nailed. 9th out field assist. second in the american league. double off the wall in right. other brandon scores. they can field hit and pitch. jason becomes the tenth strike out victim. career high malone top and robinson hit home run. now 2-2 in the 9th inning. summer league action. nba. barns facing bulls. chicago driving

first round pick. barns had 10 first half points. long 3. right there. highlight from the other rookie green. thinks his money range 12 footer so it should be, dave regular season. him if early in the stage 18 of the tour de france. group of riders dawn. cause? is. this also guy. not very little. pretty big. i'm hearing that's a new found land dog. not happy with the owner. then mark. 20 second career stage blew by the field right there. he should wrap this thingp on sunday. pretty much a formality. >> keep the pooch on a leash. >> dog keep them on a leash. it's tour de france people. >> thanks very much. that's our report for spencer and larry and collin all of us thanks for watching. appreciate your time. see you again in an hour on 7 news at 11:00